Actual hard mode: TV series you've seen more than twice in entirety from start to finish.

"All can be measured by the standard of the capybara. Everyone is lesser than or greater than the capybara." www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

First results from the new sewing machine: a baby quilt for my new nephew.

Despite my best efforts, "Teen has destroyed my listening stats by taking control of my Spotify during drives" strikes again.

Wykeham Professorship of Logic: Faculty of Philosophy in association with New College, Oxford. The Faculty of Philosophy is seeking applications for the Wykeham Professorship of Logic, available from 1 October 2026. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

I enjoy a "your year in review" as much as the next person, but I honestly don't think I need one from my grocery list app.

Yesterday, Netanyahu wrote to Israel's President, asking to be "pardoned" for his corruption charges. There is no verdict yet, and he didn't admit guilt, express remorse, or agree to any sanction. The editorial in today's Haaretz has a one word headline. It reads "No".

Went clothes shopping with my husband today. The salesperson asked me if he's my son or my little brother. He is, for the record, 6 years older than me. This isn't the first time this has happened, but it gets funnier as he nears 50, and given that after every haircut his hair gets grayer.

My son, then 7, decided he wanted to found a fictional country. We wrote a declaration of independence, built a parliament building out of cardboard, and then all of his stuffed animals voted in the elections for the country. (1/2)

Sad to read this. One of my first memories of really falling in love with a play was seeing Arcadia with my parents in London when I was 12.

Holy heck, how did this AI BS ever make it past an editor?

Thanks for the suggestions. My husband just "surprised" me with this for my birthday (after me sending him the exact ordering link and him triple checking that he was ordering the right thing 😉). Now to figure out how it works.

Man on the bus in front of me, watching a movie with no earphones. I'm listening to an audiobook with noise-cancelling earbuds on and I can still hear his movie. I may have given a passive agressive "tsk", which made him turn around to look at me, but not stop.

Do I have to only eliminate one? Get rid of everything except the mashed potatoes, the rolls and the mac and cheese. And maybe the pie, but only pecan. Definitely not pumpkin.

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

Charming article. I did just notice that my grandfather's old portable typewriter is in our storage room, and was wondering if it's worth pulling it out to see if it still works, just for fun. Maybe I will.

נניח שמורה של הילד שלכם שלחה להם מצגת ללמוד למבחן, ונניח שהמצגת מכילה מידע שהוא לא סתם שגוי אלא כל כך שגוי שהדרך היחידה שהיא לא עלתה על זה היא או שהיא נתנה לצ'ט לכתוב לה את המצגת ולא קראה אותה, או שהיא ממש ממש בורה במקצוע שאותו היא מלמדת - הייתם עושים עם זה משהו? מדברים איתה? עם המחנכת? עם בי"ס?

למה לבשתי חולצה ארוכה דקה? חם לי... 🥵

היתה הופעה שכונתית של המקהלה שאני חברה בה, וכשיצאנו היה פתאום מבול ונרטבנו עד לשד עצמותינו ועכשיו כולנו מקולחים ומכורבלים ומתכננים על עוגיות וסרט ואני לגמרי מאושרת מזה.

Me: do you have exams next week while I'm away? Kid: I have a physics exam about Newton's first law of motion. But dad is probably anyway better equipped to help me study for that. Me: because he's a body at rest that seeks to stay at rest? [I'll see myself out now]

There are a lot of things baffling about this, but I'm stuck at "Pre-K report card".

I got this book tonight, and I'm already four chapters in. Its fascinating, funny, and weirdly profound - especially if you're the kind of person who at once believes in a rational, scientific world, and yet find yourself replacing your D20 mid-battle because it was being mean to you.

My kid is an after school enrichment program called "Human Rights". Which is cool, except that on occasion when the teacher doesn't show up, I get a text message saying "Human rights is cancelled!"

My FB memories today reminded me that 15 years ago I got a fortune cookie that said "your future profit lies in the past", which - given that I'm a historian - felt particularly appropriate.

כולנו סגורים על זה שכשבמתכון אומרים לשים מייפל, הכוונה לסירופ מייפל אמיתי טהור, ולא לסירופ בטעם מייפל, כן? (זהו סאבפוסט, או איך שלא קוראים לזה כאן, ל"בואו לאכול איתי")

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

My kid just had an exam in school that involved being assigned some chapters, summarizing them, then having an open-book test on the details. The teacher encouraged them to use AI to prepare. This paragraph does a great job explaining why I found it so disturbing. www.ru.nl/en/research/...

One point, because I would never play loud music in public. Other than that, I'm old enough to have regulalry done all of these things growing up.

My Roman history professor used to say that if we see the same law being passed over and over again through the years, it means that it wasn't obeyed. Possibly my Roman history professor underestimated the depths of human ignorance.

Explain a film plot badly: A grandfather reads a book to his sick grandson.

In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.

To be clear, I think it's fine to take hobbies seriously and I'm not dismissing anyone's concerns. But also, I am genuinely deeply jealous of anyone whose reasons for being shocked and saddened in life have to do with representations of knitting.

The convergence of competitive diving with competitive knitting was bound to come with risks.

Sometimes when I wake up way too early and can't fall back asleep, I become the kind of mom who bakes fresh scones breakfast.

Do yourself a favor. Read this thread.

You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct

Sunday = fun day~ wild bears playing at a public playground, captured by someone just passing by~🐻

רואים את הראש שלך, רואים את הזנב שלך, מיץ פטל יראה ולא יצא מן הבית...

In a classic example of "people thinking everywhere is the US", I just saw a post saying "of course pumpkin spice is the spice for pumpkin pie b/c that's the only way ppl eat pumpkin." PSA: in much of the world pumpkin is a savory vegetable used to make many types of dishes, but never sweet pie.

לחובבי אוטולנגי בפיד

זה בסך הכל מאוד הגיוני שהתמיכה הטכנית של חברת הלוקרים לבתי ספר עובדת רק בין 9-3 ודורשת נוכחות ליד הלוקר. כי זה מאוד סביר שלתלמיד בית ספר תהיה חצי שעה פנוייה לדבר עם נציג תמיכה טכנית באמצע יום הלימודים ולא, נגיד, לפני שהוא מתחיל או אחרי שהוא נגמר.

מחזקת. עשיתי עכשיו נסיעות ראשונות איתה, הרבה יותר ידידותית בעין

The stages of parenting - clock change edition: Stage 1: "An extra hour of sleep? Ha! Tell that to the baby!" Stage 2: "An extra hour of sleep." Stage 3: "The kid went to bed after I did, because extra hour. He is still asleep. I have been up since 5:30 am despite an alarm set to 7 am."

אני חשה צורך למחות בירושלמית על ההגדרה הזו בתשחץ.

Wow, this is bananas.

האם השעון המעורר שלי גרם לאיש לקפוץ בבהלה מהמיטה ולהתחיל לרוץ לעבר המקלט? ובכן...

עכשיו זה גרם לי להזכר בבוב. בוב היה אחד המדריכים הנייטיב אמריקן באתר פלימות' פלנטיישן. כשאנחנו הכרנו אותו הוא היה מבוגר, בכסא גלגלים, שסיפר דברים מרתקים על בני עמו. אבל כשהוא שמע שאנחנו מהארץ, הוא סיפר לנו בהתלהבות על התקופה שהוא היה מוצב כאן בזמן שהוא שירת בצי האמריקאי, וכמה האוכל היה טעים.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.